diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 943a62f..6717b67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,25 +46,20 @@
     "configuration": {
       "title": "Predicte Commit",
       "properties": {
-        "predicteCommit.modelPriority": {
+        "predicteCommit.provider": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "mistral",
+          "description": "AI provider to use (e.g. 'mistral', 'local'). Matches the registered provider ID.",
+          "order": 1
+        },
+        "predicteCommit.models": {
           "type": "array",
           "items": {
             "type": "string"
           },
-          "default": [
-            "devstral-latest",
-            "devstral-small-latest"
-          ],
-          "description": "Order of Mistral models to attempt"
-        },
-        "predicteCommit.provider": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "default": "mistral",
-          "enum": [
-            "mistral",
-            "local"
-          ],
-          "description": "AI provider to use. 'local' uses an Ollama-compatible endpoint."
+          "default": [],
+          "description": "List of models to use for the active provider. If empty, the provider's defaults are used.",
+          "order": 2
         },
         "predicteCommit.ignoredFiles": {
           "type": "array",
@@ -76,27 +71,32 @@
             "*.svg",
             "dist/**"
           ],
-          "description": "Glob patterns (repo-relative) to exclude from staged diff context"
+          "description": "Glob patterns (repo-relative) to exclude from staged diff context",
+          "order": 3
         },
         "predicteCommit.useLocal": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
-          "description": "Use local Ollama-compatible endpoint instead of Mistral cloud"
+          "description": "Use local Ollama-compatible endpoint instead of Mistral cloud",
+          "order": 10
         },
         "predicteCommit.localBaseUrl": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "http://localhost:11434/v1",
-          "description": "Base URL for local provider (POST to /chat/completions)"
+          "description": "Base URL for local provider (POST to /chat/completions)",
+          "order": 11
         },
         "predicteCommit.localModel": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "mistral",
-          "description": "Model name for local provider"
+          "description": "Model name for local provider",
+          "order": 12
         },
         "predicteCommit.debugLogging": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false,
-          "description": "Log prompt payload and ignore-filter diagnostics to the Predicte Commit output channel"
+          "description": "Log prompt payload and ignore-filter diagnostics to the Predicte Commit output channel",
+          "order": 99
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index 87b4b32..d66e854 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 
 export type PredicteCommitConfig = {
   provider: string;
-  modelPriority: string[];
+  models: string[];
   ignoredFiles: string[];
   useLocal: boolean;
   localBaseUrl: string;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function getConfig(): PredicteCommitConfig {
   const useLocal = cfg.get<boolean>('useLocal', false);
   return {
     provider,
-    modelPriority: cfg.get<string[]>('modelPriority', ['devstral-latest', 'devstral-small-latest']),
+    models: cfg.get<string[]>('models', []),
     ignoredFiles: cfg.get<string[]>('ignoredFiles', ['*-lock.json', '*.svg', 'dist/**']),
     useLocal,
     localBaseUrl: cfg.get<string>('localBaseUrl', 'http://localhost:11434/v1'),
diff --git a/src/providers/local/index.ts b/src/providers/local/index.ts
index 582514a..0c26f5b 100644
--- a/src/providers/local/index.ts
+++ b/src/providers/local/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ registerProvider({
   id: 'local',
   label: 'Local (Ollama)',
   create: async (_context, config) => {
-    return new LocalProvider(config.localBaseUrl, config.localModel);
+    const model = config.models.length > 0 ? config.models[0] : config.localModel;
+    return new LocalProvider(config.localBaseUrl, model);
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/providers/mistral/index.ts b/src/providers/mistral/index.ts
index 2ce78bd..418ca41 100644
--- a/src/providers/mistral/index.ts
+++ b/src/providers/mistral/index.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ import type { GenerateRequest, GenerateResult, ProviderClient } from '../../ai/t
 import { registerProvider } from '../../ai/registry';
 
 export const MISTRAL_API_KEY = 'predicteCommit.mistralApiKey';
+const DEFAULT_MODELS = ['devstral-latest', 'devstral-small-latest'];
 
 export class MistralProvider implements ProviderClient {
   readonly id = 'mistral';
 
-  constructor(private readonly apiKey: string, private readonly modelPriority: string[]) {}
+  constructor(private readonly apiKey: string, private readonly models: string[]) {}
 
   async generate(req: GenerateRequest): Promise<GenerateResult> {
     const url = 'https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions';
     let lastErr: ProviderError | undefined;
 
-    for (const model of this.modelPriority) {
+    for (const model of this.models) {
       try {
         const text = await postChatCompletion(url, this.apiKey, {
           model,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ registerProvider({
   configKey: MISTRAL_API_KEY,
   create: async (context, config) => {
     const key = (await context.secrets.get(MISTRAL_API_KEY)) ?? '';
-    return new MistralProvider(key, config.modelPriority);
+    const models = config.models.length > 0 ? config.models : DEFAULT_MODELS;
+    return new MistralProvider(key, models);
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/test/ai.test.ts b/src/test/ai.test.ts
index 1383173..ae903a1 100644
--- a/src/test/ai.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/ai.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ suite('AI Selector Test Suite', () => {
         const configMock: PredicteCommitConfig = {
             provider: 'test-provider',
             useLocal: false,
-            modelPriority: [],
+            models: [],
             ignoredFiles: [],
             localBaseUrl: '',
             localModel: '',
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ suite('AI Selector Test Suite', () => {
         const configMock: PredicteCommitConfig = {
             provider: 'unknown-provider',
             useLocal: false,
-            modelPriority: [],
+            models: [],
             ignoredFiles: [],
             localBaseUrl: '',
             localModel: '',
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ suite('AI Selector Test Suite', () => {
         const configMock: PredicteCommitConfig = {
             provider: 'mistral',
             useLocal: false,
-            modelPriority: [],
+            models: [],
             ignoredFiles: [],
             localBaseUrl: '',
             localModel: '',
diff --git a/src/test/config.test.ts b/src/test/config.test.ts
index 858e84c..7880b24 100644
--- a/src/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/config.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ suite('Config Test Suite', () => {
         const cfgLocal: PredicteCommitConfig = {
             provider: 'mistral',
             useLocal: true,
-            modelPriority: [],
+            models: [],
             ignoredFiles: [],
             localBaseUrl: '',
             localModel: '',